Definitions for RANCHING
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1. ranchingnoun

   farming for the raising of livestock (particularly cattle)

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1. ranchingnoun

   The business or activity of operating a ranch, of farming or raising livestock.

   Ranching is his way of life.

2. ranchingnoun

   A ranch.

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1. ranching

   A ranch (from Spanish: rancho/Mexican Spanish) is an area of land, including various structures, given primarily to ranching, the practice of raising grazing livestock such as cattle and sheep. It is a subtype of a farm. These terms are most often applied to livestock-raising operations in Mexico, the Western United States and Western Canada, though there are ranches in other areas. People who own or operate a ranch are called ranchers, cattlemen, or stockgrowers. Ranching is also a method used to raise less common livestock such as horses, elk, American bison, ostrich, emu, and alpaca.Ranches generally consist of large areas, but may be of nearly any size. In the western United States, many ranches are a combination of privately owned land supplemented by grazing leases on land under the control of the federal Bureau of Land Management or the United States Forest Service. If the ranch includes arable or irrigated land, the ranch may also engage in a limited amount of farming, raising crops for feeding the animals, such as hay and feed grains.Ranches that cater exclusively to tourists are called guest ranches or, colloquially, "dude ranches". Most working ranches do not cater to guests, though they may allow private hunters or outfitters onto their property to hunt native wildlife. However, in recent years, a few struggling smaller operations have added some dude ranch features such as horseback rides, cattle drives, and guided hunting to bring in additional income. Ranching is part of the iconography of the "Wild West" as seen in Western movies and rodeos.

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1. ranching

   Ranching is the practice of raising, breeding, and caring for livestock such as cattle, sheep, horses, and goats on large expanses of land, referred to as ranches, for the purpose of producing meat, wool, milk, and other animal products. The activities involved in ranching often include grazing, haymaking, and sometimes the cultivation of crops for feeding the livestock. Ranching can be considered as a subset of the broader agriculture industry.

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1. Ranching

   a term of Spanish derivation applied to the business of rearing cattle, as carried on in the southern and western States of America; vast herds of cattle in a half-wild condition are raised on the wide stretches of prairie land, and are tended by "cowboys," whose free, adventurous life attracts men of all sorts and conditions.

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How to pronounce RANCHING?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of RANCHING in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of RANCHING in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of RANCHING in a Sentence

1. Royce Wilber:

   Hopefully some of the ranching families and the community will come and support you guys, that's what I wanted to post on Facebook, 'Quit bitching on your electronic devices and come down here and see these people because they are not how they are portrayed in the media.'.

2. Hector Balderas:

   This sweetheart deal must be canceled and reassigned to a New Mexico ranching family.

3. John Dooley:

   We feel that we made some strong arguments that this law can inadvertently make a farmer a criminal, firearms are integral to farming and ranching, from protecting our livestock and crops to also defending our life and property in some cases.

4. Rob Quist:

   Republican Greg Gianforte is putting out false attacks because Republican Greg Gianforte knows we have the momentum, i come from a ranching and farming household and I have guns older than the number of years Republican Greg Gianforte has been in Montana. I am a stronger supporter of our Second Amendment rights.

5. Southeast Asia.It:

   The opening up again of exports was a big relief, it allowed us to plan ahead more, so there has been a lot of disappointment and ultimately, financial loss (with export caps), it essentially makes cattle ranching unprofitable.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=RANCHING
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ranching
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranching
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Ranching
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=RANCHING